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Old 01-25-2009, 07:58 AM
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Not old i know but in mint condition and any silver right now is good to me
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Old 01-25-2009, 08:14 AM
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That coin was minted 2 years before I was born, and it looks a lot better than I do......Gil

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Old 01-25-2009, 09:09 AM
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Hey silver is silver

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Old 01-25-2009, 09:23 AM
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Any silver coin is cool! Great job!

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As posted above, Silver is silver, Nice finds.

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beautiful condition! nice find!!!

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Nice one Simon, it's surprising how few of those we find.
Perhaps in the last 100 yrs or so, people were more careful with their money ?

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I think I have some of those.
I have a container somewhere with all my old coins from my days as a little girl there. I should find it during my dejunking...hehehe.
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Wow! Thats beauty of a find! COngrats!
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Nice coin.... I have some from my Navy days in Scotland.... RickO
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